Use parse_str(). But beware that that string has a problem: <?php header('Content-type: text/plain'); $str = 'single=Single&multiple=Multiple&multiple=Multiple3&check=check2&radio=radio1';
/* old school way: explode() into pairs, then explode each of those into * key => val */ $pairs = explode('&', $str); foreach($pairs as $pair) { $parts = explode('=', $pair); echo "key: ${parts[0]} -- val: ${parts[1]}\n"; } echo "\n-------\n"; /* better way: parse the string into variables */ parse_str($str); echo "${single}\n"; // 'Single' echo "${multiple}\n"; // 'Multiple3' -- whoops! It takes the last value echo "${check}\n"; // 'check2' echo "${radio}\n"; // 'radio1' echo "\n-------\n"; /* parse values into array instead */ parse_str($str, $arr); foreach($arr as $slice) { echo "${slice}\n"; // will get 'Array' for multiples } echo "\n-------\n"; /* multiple element names should have '[]' */ $str = 'single=Single&multiple[]=Multiple&multiple[]=Multiple3&check=check2&radio=radio1'; parse_str($str, $arr); foreach($arr as $var) { if (is_array($var)) { foreach($var as $m) { echo "${m}\n"; } } else { echo "${var}\n"; } } On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 1:39 PM, parot <russ...@parotkefalonia.com> wrote: > > I know this may be a silly question, but is there a "magic" way to insert > post data via serialization into a php/mysql database? > > e.g. a serilized array of > single=Single&multiple=Multiple&multiple=Multiple3&check=check2&radio=radio1 > > yes I used the Jquery serialize page info as an example. > > Is is best to use PHP to explode the array? or what? > > Or as asked is there a "magic" way to split the array into the fields & > values? > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/JQuery-Ajax-serialize-tp27288727s27240p27288727.html > Sent from the jQuery General Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >